Crab Salad and Sourdough Panini

If you don’t have a panini press, you can easily make the sandwich as if you would make a grilled cheese sandwich. Just press down with a metal spatula as you sear each side. If you want to make the sandwich more Californian, put a few avocado slices in the sandwich. If you want to make it more reminiscent of Baltimore, swap out the Tabasco for plenty of Old Bay. If you are Mr. and Mrs. Harbaugh, or for some other reason are neutral about the outcome, you can skip the panini part altogether, and serve the crab salad over some butter lettuce with lemon juice sprinkled on top.